Staff The Borderland Judo Club respectfully opened its doors to out-of-towners, then proceeded to wipe the competition mats with them for much of the day. Local fighters took gold in nine of 17 divisions at the club’s second-annual shiai held Feb. 25 at the Couchiching multi-use facility. Several of them […]
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Joey Payeur Matt Booth wasn’t wasting any time covering this puck with Skylar Lentz (17) of the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints trying to play the heavy against Muskie captain Mike Drouin during Fort High’s 5-2 triumph Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena to open the best-of-three NorWOSSA boys’ […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s budget watchdog will examine the Liberal government’s plan to lower hydro bills, with the opposition parties questioning its estimated $25-billion in interest costs. Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown wrote to the financial accountability office, asking it to investigate the plan with a full costing analysis, but […]
Joey Payeur Even a first-year head coach knows top-flight special teams’ work can win hockey games. Jordan Sinclair now is extra glad he kept that in mind preparing for the NorWOSSA boys’ hockey final. The Muskies scored three times with the man-advantage in the first period, and also killed 10-of-12 […]
Staff Hello, old friend, glad to see you again. The Emo Misfits welcomed a championship game rematch with the host squad and did the same thing as last year–downing the Chiefs 5-3 in the final of the third-annual Chiefs Invitational Women’s Hockey Tournament on Sunday at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). […]
Staff Fort Frances now has two home-grown products playing in Ontario’s premier junior hockey league. Brett Hahkala recorded his first career OHL goal Sunday in his fifth game for the North Bay Battalion–a 5-4 shootout loss to the Hamilton Bulldogs. Hahkala tied the game at 1-1 at 10:03 of the […]
Joey Payeur The physical beatdown dished out by a long season has left the Fort Frances Lakers getting beat up on the scoreboard more often than not. A pair of weekend losses have the three-time defending SIJHL champs virtually destined to finish in fifth place and start their first-round “Survivor […]
Joey Payeur On the same day her team skated to a 4-2 win in Game 1 of the NorWOSSA girls’ hockey final, Siobhan Mackintosh was unconscious and then hospitalized. Through sheer will, she made sure her voice would be heard loud and clear 72 hours later as part of the […]
Joey Payeur Muskie captain Janelle Kaemingh hollered her approval upon hoisting Fort High’s fourth-straight NorWOSSA girls’ championship trophy after beating the host St. Thomas Aquinas Saints 7-2 in Game 2 on Monday night to sweep their best-of-three final.
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ curling rink ended up getting silver, after all–just not the one they wanted. A second-place finish at the NWOSSAA championships in Longlac last week left the black-and-gold one spot short of getting a chance to defend their OFSAA silver medal from a year ago. With […]
Joey Payeur Hailey Beaudry’s first competitive try at mixed doubles curling nearly wound up with her playing for a national title. The Fort Frances native teamed up with Sudbury’s Nicholas Bissonnette to take part in the NOCA provincial mixed doubles playdowns in Sturgeon Falls over the weekend. “Nicholas and I […]
Staff When one plays like a champion, the results speak for themselves. It was a double-gold weekend for two of the four Fort Frances Canadians ‘AA’ teams competing at the season-ending “Tournament of Champions” hosted by the Thunder Bay Minor Hockey Association. Jacob Grinsell’s goal at 1:26 of the third […]
